The tribe from whom
the deity Krishna is claimed to have sprung and over which he reigned after
establishing his dominion in the city of Dwaraka, according to Hindu legend.
Between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in Indian
history, the Yadava dynasty ruled the Deccan area in present Maharashtra.
This is the name of a specific jati in northern Indian
culture, an endogamous social grouping organized (and whose social position
dictated) by the group's hereditary vocation.
The Yadavas had a low social status in previous generations,
but they have recently risen to prominence in politics—Mulayam Singh Yadav has
twice been elected chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and has also served as
India's defense minister; Laloo Prasad Yadav has served as chief minister of
Bihar (either directly or indirectly through his wife) throughout the 1990s.
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